decentralized

[dee-sen-truh-lahyzd] / diˈsɛn trəˌlaɪzd /

VERB

distribute over a less concentrated area

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disperse distribute scatter

STRONG

broadcast circulate disseminate regionalize separate

WEAK

allocate allot apportion divvy partition propagate

Antonyms

STRONGEST

assemble centralize concentrate consolidate

Example Sentences

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About 80% of urban households visit weekly, highlighting their role as decentralized platforms for retail, payments, and public services.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Prem Watsa, CEO of Fairfax Financial, a Toronto company that owns insurers and other businesses run in a decentralized, Berkshire-like style, is known as the Warren Buffett of Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Traditional finance players have often stressed the need to bring uniform standards to decentralized networks, which younger consumers tend to trust more than seasoned investors.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Shiites can choose which one they want to follow as a senior figure of the faith, making the institution decentralized.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

As with Pythagoras, in Darwin’s model, every organism carried information to build organs and structures in miniaturized form—except in Darwin’s case, the information was decentralized.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee